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Verse 14of 69

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًۭا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
نُوحًاnūḥanNuh
إِلَىٰilāto
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
فَلَبِثَfalabithaand he remained
فِيهِمْfīhimamong them
أَلْفَalfaa thousand
سَنَةٍsanatinyear(s)
إِلَّاillāsave
خَمْسِينَkhamsīnafifty
عَامًۭاʿāmanyear(s)
فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuthen seized them
ٱلطُّوفَانُl-ṭūfānuthe flood
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Nuh and His PeopleHere Allah consoles His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ by telling him that Nuh, peace be upon him, stayed among his people for this long period of time, calling them night and day, in secret and openly, but in spite of all that they still persisted in their aversion to the truth, turning away from it and disbelieving in him. Only a few of them believed with him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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